Rinehart received a Bachelor of Arts degree in graphic communications and art from
Eastern Washington University and subsequently received an MFA from UNO in 2008. Rinehart
is a member of the collective group, the FRONT, which recently showed its work at
the Winkleman Gallery in New York.

Rinehart has also received a Louisiana Recovery grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation
and an artist grant from the Louisiana Cultural Economy Fund. At UNO, he currently
teaches Introduction to Graphic Arts.

In an artist statement, Rinehart says he uses narrative to "help me explore relationships
and how they exist within the context of the formal imagery in the work.

"To hint at a story will entice the viewer to make connections and create a platform
on which to further inspect the image," says Rinehart. "The lines in my work attempt
to mimic the way stories and information can loop and intertwine to negate the personal,
surround the personal or maybe just provide something that the viewer would have to
weave his way through in order to create that relationship between the disparate layers."

"Doleful"

The show runs from Saturday, Sept. 14 to Sunday, Oct. 6 at the UNO St. Claude Gallery,
2429 St. Claude Ave. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays, 12-5 p.m.